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(WASHINGTON) — House Republicans are rudderless in Washington as they search for a new leader — leaving one half of Congress in the lurch and freezing key legislative business — but the political ripple effects of former Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s ouster this week could stretch far beyond Capitol Hill. By shunting McCarthy, eight GOP lawmakers […]
(NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump is on trial in New York in a $250 million lawsuit that could alter the personal fortune and real estate empire that helped propel Trump to the White House. Trump, his sons Eric and Don Jr., and Trump Organization executives are accused by New York Attorney General Letitia […]
(NEW ORLEANS) — A saltwater wedge in the Mississippi River is moving toward New Orleans much slower than expected, officials said Thursday. The Army Corps of Engineers previously estimated that New Orleans was within three weeks of the saltwater potentially polluting their water supply, which hasn’t happened in 35 years. Now, the saltwater may not […]
Michael Cohen on “GMA” on Friday, March 17, 2023 — (ABC/Paula Lobo) (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump has dropped a $500 million lawsuit he had filed against his former attorney Michael Cohen that alleged Cohen breached his fiduciary duty to keep Trump’s confidences. Trump had been scheduled to sit for a deposition in […]
(NEW YORK) — The leader of a drug delivery service who was convicted earlier this year of distributing the fentanyl-laced cocaine that killed three young New York City professionals on the same day was sentenced on Wednesday to 30 years in prison. Billy Ortega, 37, was convicted in January of federal charges for providing the […]
(ATLANTA) — Three weeks before the scheduled start of his trial in Fulton County, a defendant in the Georgia election interference case is seeking to have the indictment against him dismissed based on an alleged paperwork error made by one of the lead special prosecutors in the case. Kenneth Chesebro, an attorney who drafted legal […]
(WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump made his first motion to dismiss his federal election interference case Thursday, citing what his lawyers claim is his “absolute immunity” from prosecution for actions taken while serving in the nation’s highest office. “Breaking 234 years of precedent, the incumbent administration has charged President Trump for acts that lie […]
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (PHILADELPHIA) — Three Philadelphia police officers were shot Wednesday night while responding to a 911 call about a shooting at a home, officials said. Just after 7 p.m. ET, officers responded to a 911 call regarding a person shot in a home as part of a domestic dispute, Philadelphia Interim Police Commissioner […]
(WASHINGTON)– After a protracted legal battle that reached the U.S. Supreme Court, Alabama residents will cast ballots in the 2024 congressional elections using a map that includes a second district designed to empower Black voters, a federal court ruled on Thursday. The new order, from a three-judge panel in Alabama, determines which of three proposed […]
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (ROCKPORT, Mass.) — Two people who went diving off a beach in Rockport, Massachusetts, were found dead Wednesday within hours of each other, according to the U.S. Coast Guard. At approximately 11 a.m., the Rockport Police Department discovered a man who had been diving in the area dead on Front Beach. Rockport […]
